Are you awake / hot? ?

I’ve got fans and even a Dyson fan (don’t waste your money) but have found all they do is force hot ? air around the room so on my brothers recommendation who lives in Florida and puts in air con I’ve bought an Orcan cool unit….. bliss so much better. It’s portable and only uses up about 12’’ x 12’’ floor space. It comes with 2 freezer packs and I am using a 2 litre empty lemonade bottle filled with water and kept in fridge to keep emptying into the box so that’s cool too. It costs around £165 it’s worth it’s weight in gold, we’ve had it on night and day since this heat started. I’m going to get another one next year to keep in the bedroom upstairs so we don’t have to continue to lug it up and down stairs every night. It’s definitely helping us sleep better and humidifies the room so we’re not blocked up now either. They sell them on Amazon or just Google it.

I struggle at the best of times to keep cool on a night and stay asleep. I started freezing a small amount of water in a hot water bottle and having my Meaco fan on low. Weirdly, I seem to be sleeping better recently! My dog sleeps soundly on a damp towel.

No I slept in the nude but I always do (except in winter I might wear a pair of fluffy socks). We had the fan on and I put a folded wet but wrung out flannel around the back of my neck and slept all night!

I went out the garden last night and tried to go to sleep on a sun lounger but the noises of the wildlife gave me the eebee jeebys so went back to bed pretty quick

fans work best if they are in front of an open window or door, as long as outside is cooler than in.

humidifier works very well to cool or try a wet/damp t towel on a rack in front of a fan. I use a humidifier all day at the moment

re dyson fans, absolutely brilliant and safe fans. I have a pedestal and a desk fan but of course any fan will just push the air around. They need to be used intelligently and in the right circumstances

a fan will cool if you place a bowl of ice cubes in front of it or freeze a bottle of water and do that

Ooooo yes a jubley, blast from the past ??

Iceland sell jubblies, but the flavours seem very watery these days.

I've been sitting outside at stupid o'clock as it was only way for me to cool down. This heat is not good for my restless legs syndrome. ?

I was awake until after 2:30am. Consequently I have only been up for an hour. I still have night sweats and its uncomfortable enough on a cool night, but it's horrible in the heat.

I know you posted that last Thursday and it is now Monday but I have been up all night, it was too hot to sleep, I was doing house work at 2 am that had been too hot to do in the day. I looked out my window to see a big fire in a home across the road no one is hurt , Never went to bed first nor last .

Oh my goodness pink! How scary! Whereabouts are you?